THE CALIFORNIA PBIS PLAYBOOK

How Minga Helps Schools Actually Run PBIS, Not Just Document It

Schools already have the PBIS plan. The hard part is running it every day. This playbook shows how schools can bring recognition, intervention, and accountability into one platform, so districts can finally see how PBIS is actually going.
PBIS Playbook

INTRODUCTION & CALIFORNIA CONTEXT

The Gap Between the PBIS Plan and the Day-to-Day

California schools have embraced MTSS and PBIS because the goal is right: build a school climate where kids feel supported, not just managed. But ask any school leader how it’s actually going day-to-day, and you’ll hear the same thing.

The paperwork is everywhere. Points get tracked in one spreadsheet. Referrals live in another system. Intervention schedules get built in a third. By the time a district leader tries to see the whole picture, the picture doesn’t exist. Nobody’s dropping the ball. There’s just no ball to find, because it’s scattered across five different tools and a filing cabinet.

Minga puts it all in one place. Points, praise, interventions, referrals, and behavior management all live in one platform. Teachers get one simple workflow instead of five logins. Site leaders keep the freedom to run their own reward stores and their own campus culture. District leaders finally get to see how PBIS is actually going, everywhere, at once.

That’s the whole idea. One system that works for the classroom and the district office at the same time.

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TIER 1 UNIVERSAL SUPPORTS

Catch Kids Doing Something Right With PBIS Points & Rewards

Every PBIS framework starts here: notice the good, not just the bad. But if points and rewards are being given out without context, we lose the purpose. And if praising a student takes five clicks and two logins, teachers stop doing it by Thursday. Minga connects rewards to PBIS values, engaging students and making it easy enough that staff actually keep it up.

PBIS, MTSS, and Universal Supports for Students

Praise and Points

Instantly reinforce the behaviors that drive your school culture with digital praise that takes just 3 clicks. By connecting points directly to your school’s specific values, students receive clear, immediate feedback on the positive habits you want to see, transforming every recognition into a meaningful lesson while keeping the process effortless for your teachers.

A Rewards Store Kids Actually Want

Students watch their points add up in real time and spend them on things they care about: extra privileges, school gear, a spot at a special event. The school picks what’s on the shelf.

See Who’s Being Recognized.

Every school wants recognition to be fair. Minga shows you who’s getting praised and who isn’t, and lets you track Praise-to-Guidance ratios, so a school can catch a gap before it becomes a pattern.

See Who’s Actually Using It

A PBIS program only works if staff actually use it. Minga shows you exactly which classrooms are on board and which ones need more support, so you’re never just guessing at fidelity.

“We’re now using Minga with fidelity, and it’s really transformed our campus. We’re able to track so many of our student behaviors, give students so much more choice in their education, and get kids excited to go to events and earn their points.”

Steven Piña, Activities Director, Monterey High School, CA

STEVEN PIÑA
Activities Director,
Monterey High School, CA

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ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS ALL TIERS

Handle Tough Moments Consistently & Fairly With Behavior Tracking & Automated Discipline

When a student crosses a line, what happens next needs to be clear, fair, and documented, every time, for every kid. That’s hard to promise when half your staff is using paper and the other half is using memory.

Log It Without Losing the Classroom

 Teachers can log a minor behavior in seconds, without stopping the lesson to do it.

Give the Office a Head Start

When a behavior needs to go to the office, the referral arrives with real context already attached. The administrator knows what happened before the student even walks in.

One Clear Record Means Patterns Are Easy to Spot

Every incident, whether it happened in a classroom, a hallway, or on the field, lands in one place. Patterns show up early instead of after the fifth incident.

Consequences That Follow Through on Their Own

Once a consequence is assigned, Minga tracks the detention sign- in and completion automatically. Nothing gets lost, and nobody has to chase it down.

Keep Families in the Loop

Parents get notified automatically when something happens, plus a clean weekly summary of how their kid is doing. Home and school stay on the same page without extra work from staff.

“I love the Behavior Manager. I love that in real time, when a teacher assigns a guidance, the parent is notified. This helps our team, and it helps our parents, instead of waiting till the end of the day to hear about their child. I feel like that has been very successful.”

Kelly Silva
Intervention Coordinator
Golden Valley High

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TIER 2 & 3 TARGETED SUPPORT

RTI Scheduling: Get Kids the Right Support Without the Admin Headache

Tier 2 and Tier 3 support only works if kids actually end up in the right room at the right time. That sounds simple. But anyone who’s built a flex period schedule by hand knows it isn’t.

RTI Scheduling and Tier 2/Tier3 Support and PBIS for Student

Build Flex Time Without the Spreadsheet Nightmare

 Set up advisory periods, intervention blocks, and flex time
directly in Minga’s calendar, instead of juggling a spreadsheet that’s three versions old by Tuesday.

Prioritize Equitable Support, Not Just Schedules.

With Priority Assignment, you can automate how different interventions are weighted throughout the week, ensuring teachers can pull students into critical interventions based on their needs rather than calendar limitations, guaranteeing a balanced, meaningful approach to student support.

No Kid Falls Through the Cracks

If a student doesn’t sign up for anything, Minga automatically places them in a session with a teacher they know. Nobody ends up wandering the halls because a form didn’t get filled out.

Let Kids Who Are Doing Well Choose Their Own Path

Students who are meeting expectations get to pick something that’s actually for them: a passion project, an extracurricular, an enrichment activity.

Real Attendance, Even in Non-Traditional Periods

Flex time, intervention, and advisory periods get real, accurate attendance too, so the school always knows where everyone is and if the students who need support are actually getting it.

“Minga was a total game-changer for us. We’ve been able to solve some of our biggest challenges all in one place. Things aren’t falling through the cracks anymore. The biggest impact is that with FlexTime, our teachers are able to provide targeted support where it’s needed most, and a lot more value has been brought to “Pride Time,” our flex period program.”

Taylor Bowers
Academic Coach
Greer Lingle Middle School

FOR SCHOOL SITES & DISTRICT SCALE

One Unified Platform, the Whole Picture

Every piece of this playbook lives in the same place. Behavior tracking, praise and points, flex time and interventions, referrals, detentions and consequences: it’s all one system, not five.

Rolling It Out, From Site to District

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Sites keep full control.

Build your own rewards store, your own flex schedule, your own campus culture, all your own way. Nothing gets flattened into a one-size-fits-all district template.

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Districts get the full picture.

Set the PBIS structure once, then see how it’s actually taking hold at every school, where staff are running it well and where a site needs more support, without waiting on anyone to send you a report.

Nobody has to give anything up for the other to work.

Nobody has to give anything up for the other to work.

Take the Next Step

Partner With Us to Transform Your School Climate

Minga isn’t another tool your staff has to remember to check. It’s the place where your PBIS and MTSS work actually comes together: recognition, intervention, and accountability, all in one spot.

Sites keep full control.

See Minga in Action

We’ll walk through how it fits with the systems you already use, at your site or across your district.

Map It to Your PBIS Plan

Our team will sit down with your PBIS tier matrix and your climate goals and show you exactly where Minga fits.

Watch Your Climate Data Tell the Story

As the year goes on, you’ll see it in the numbers: more praise going out, fewer repeat referrals, faster follow-through on consequences. Real proof of the work you’re already doing.

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